Brea Schmidt, Author at Her View From Home

Child
February 14, 2019
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Dear Daughter, You Never Have To Walk Alone

I loved those first days in the hospital with you. As I started the process of bonding with you, I took in every detail of your little being—the…

Child, Motherhood
February 5, 2019
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The Greatest Gift I Can Give as an Aunt is to Love Their Mom

With a four-year age gap between my only sibling and me, much of my childhood was spent in my sister’s shadow. As the younger one, I looked…

Kids, Motherhood
January 27, 2019
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I’m Raising a Mama’s Girl

With my needed-to-be-refilled coffee mug in-hand, I got up from the couch to get my second dose of caffeine for the day. Five steps into…

Motherhood
January 3, 2019
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Hey Mama, You Don’t Have to Fake the Picture

This is the picture. The one I have to believe some of my fellow moms have, too. It had been a little under a month since I delivered my…

Faith, Motherhood
December 4, 2018
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Dear Busy Mom, Church Isn’t About Perfection—It’s About Showing Up

This past Sunday, we walked into mass 10 minutes late. We did the awkward “thank you” wave to the couple who had to slide further into the pew to…

Living
November 18, 2018
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Dear Mama, Before You Get Swept Up in the Holiday Hustle

This holiday season . . . Before you get frustrated with the long lines at checkout at the department stores . . . recognize that you…

Motherhood
November 5, 2018
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I’m a Mom Who Doesn’t Have it All Together—and I Couldn’t Be Happier

“I finally feel like I have my feet underneath me.” It’s a term I’ve used frequently over the last six months as I feel like I’ve turned a…

Kids, Motherhood
October 10, 2018
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I Don’t Want My Kids to Remember Perfection—I Want Them to Remember Me

I don’t want my kids to remember grand adventures . . . I want them to remember that I was fully present in the moment when they asked me to…

Journal, Relationships
September 21, 2018
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There Was Always a Plan For the Girl in the Pink Shirt

I was in the third row on the left side of a Southwest flight from Houston to Jacksonville wearing a pink tank top. My shirt choice was one of the…

Journal, Living
September 13, 2018
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The Family Photo That’s Always Worth Getting

When I was a teenager, I used to love poring over our family’s photo archives. My mom had an entire shelf dedicated to her photo album sets…

Brea Schmidt

Brea Schmidt

Dear Daughter, You Never Have To Walk Alone

The Greatest Gift I Can Give as an Aunt is to Love Their Mom

I’m Raising a Mama’s Girl

Hey Mama, You Don’t Have to Fake the Picture

Dear Busy Mom, Church Isn’t About Perfection—It’s About Showing Up

Dear Mama, Before You Get Swept Up in the Holiday Hustle

I’m a Mom Who Doesn’t Have it All Together—and I Couldn’t Be Happier

I Don’t Want My Kids to Remember Perfection—I Want Them to Remember Me

There Was Always a Plan For the Girl in the Pink Shirt

The Family Photo That’s Always Worth Getting

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